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Re:Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar by snakeboy on Monday December 25, 2017 @08:20PM (#16006513)
Do you really think that there is no insight to be gleaned from art?
Re:Damned with Praise: The Meaning of Kendrick Lamar by alexashka on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:36PM (#16006731)
I said from entertainment - and the answer is yes, almost none, most of the time.

Every now and again, you get a movie like The Matrix, that's both entertaining and thought provoking. Those are entertainment unicorns, as evidenced by the sequels that had nothing thought provoking left, but were still somewhat entertaining.

When it comes to art - if you knew how much shit art gets made and never sees the light of day, you could argue entertainment and art are both equally devoid of almost any value, including insight, to anyone.